Forest management and future changes to ecosystem services in the Romanian Carpathians

Žiga Malek; Veronica Zumpano; Haydar Hussin

doi:10.1007/s10668-017-9938-4

Forest management and future changes to ecosystem services in the Romanian Carpathians

Žiga Malek^* (Corresponding Author)
, Veronica Zumpano
, Haydar Hussin

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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Abstract

This study investigates consequences of future changes to the provision of ecosystem services (ES) in the Romanian Carpathians. Two 2040 forest management scenarios were compared, using two indicators to describe the gains and losses of ES. Changes in landslide regulation potential were defined as changes to landslide susceptibility. High nature value grasslands characterized biodiversity support. The business as usual scenario results in a 8% lower loss of landslide regulation potential compared to the alternative scenario. It also results in a 29% higher regional net gain of landslide regulation potential. Both scenarios result in the loss of biodiversity support due to their prevalent transition of forest expansion. This type of information is crucial for informing decision makers on the locations of potential gains and losses of future development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1275-1291
Number of pages	17
Journal	Environment, Development and Sustainability
Volume	20
Issue number	3
Early online date	23 Mar 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-017-9938-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2018

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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Ecosystem services
Forest management
GIS
Natural resources
Spatial assessment
ITC-HYBRID
UT-Hybrid-D

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